Gender and bonus pay report
Our report for 2021 contains Jisc's gender pay gap data and the actions we are taking.
Foreword by Heidi Fraser-Krauss, chief executive, Jisc:
At Jisc we have six guiding principles – Be original, Think social enterprise, Make an impact, Always inclusive, Never stand still and Get it done. These principles are the foundation of our culture and at the heart of what makes us Jisc. They provide a compass and focus on what’s important to us and how we will achieve our mission to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed.
We are proud to celebrate difference and want everyone to thrive and achieve their potential. So, over the past year, we have firmly embedded our ‘Always inclusive’ guiding principle. It is a deeply held value for us, and we demonstrate we are ‘Always inclusive’ by celebrating diverse minds, being actively inclusive and working together as one.
We are pleased we can use our gender pay gap report to showcase some of the progress we have made on our diversity and inclusion strategy in 2021. We’re in this for the long haul and we recognise this is about more than simply meeting a government deadline or ticking boxes. To create meaningful and systemic change we need to make sure we are actively listening and talking to each other to raise our own awareness. We need to be clear about what action we must take, and use good data to understand issues, identify actions and track progress. We must also ensure our leaders are leading inclusively, being allies and having conversations about diversity and inclusion.
We are seeing early signs of success with our strategy. For example, we have improved our engagement survey results in diversity and inclusion, and our internal awareness-raising events are well attended and get positive feedback. We are also attracting diverse talent to Jisc and our leadership programme has a core module on inclusive leadership. Our mean pay gap has dropped 1.5%. However, our median pay gap has increased 1%. We have appointed more women to our executive leadership team but we must now ensure we are attracting and retaining more women into our senior roles, especially our senior tech roles.
This year we have focused on inclusivity, creating the foundations for long-term success and bringing all our people with us. We are excited about our future and achieving our ambition to make Jisc a more diverse and inclusive organisation for everyone.